Hat-fastener.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

, S. M. JOHNSTONE.

HAT FASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SPENOE M. JOHNSTONE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Maren 6, 1906.

Application fil d June 13, 1905. Serial No. 264,980.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SPENcE M. J OHNSTONE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Long Island City, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a hat-fastener adapted to be secured to a hat.

The principal object of my invention is to provide simple and effective means for attaching a hat-fastener to a hatin such a way that it always remains upon the hat and does not have to be removed each time the hat is taken off, but at the same time can be removed, if desired, in order to secure it to another hat.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming, a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat, showing one form of my improved fastener applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a hat, showing the way of securing the fastener to it; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The hat-fastener is preferably composed of a single piece of wire or similar material having a head 10, which may be of an ornamental shape or may be provided with ornaments of any desired kind and character and having near the head a transverse loop 11, formed by bending the wire at right angles to the main shank 12 of the wire and reverselybending it in the same plane. From the end of this loop the wire extends on a line parallel with the shank to form a bar 13, and at the end of this bar it is bent at a point 14 and returns to the loop 11, the wire between the bend 14 and the loop constituting a second bar 15, substantially parallel with the first. At the outer end of the second bar is formed a hook 16, which is preferably pointed, so that it can be passed through the hat. The hook 16 can be passed through the loop 11 and engaged over one surface of the shank 12, so as to securely hold the parts in position. The bend 14 and loop 11 constitute stops to prevent the fastener from being removed from the hat.

In order to apply the fastener to a hat, the hook is removed from the position shown in Fig. 2 and passed through the hat in two places, so that the bend and the bars 13 and 15 pass through the side of the hat, so that the other portions remain on the outside. The hook 16 is then placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to secure the arts and prevent the accidental removal 0 the fastener from the hat. It will be seen that the fastener is capable of sliding longitundinally through the hat and of being withdrawn therefrom as far as the bend 14.

By constructing a hat-fastener in accordance with this principle whether in the form shown or otherwise, the hat is provided with a fastening device or pin which can be allowed to remain with the hat at all times, and consequently will not be lost. Moreover, the bend 14 is not sharp, and therefore will not injure the scalp; but it can be made as small as desired in order to pass through the hair. The fastener can be removed, if desired, and applied to another hat by disengaging the hook 16 from the shank 12.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A hat-fastener, comprising two bars, one being provided with a transverse loop and with a longitudinal shank extending from the central portion of said loop, said shank being provided with a head and the other bar being provided with a hook passing through said loop and adapted to engage said shank.

2. A hat-fastener comprising two bars ar ranged in substantially parallel position with respect to each other and connected together at their inner ends, one of said bars being provided with a transverse loop and with a longitudinal shank extending from the central portion of said loop, said shank being provided with a head, and the other bar being provided with a curved sharpened hook passing through said loop and adapted to engage said shank.

3. A hat-fastener comprising a wire having a transverse loop near one end, and a bar extending from the loop and adapted to be passed through a hat, said bar being bent at its inner end and forming a second bar having a hook on its outer end for engaging said loop to hold the two bars together.

. 4. A hat-fastener, comprising a single piece of wire having a transverse loop near one end, In testimony whereof I have signed my and a bar extending from the loop and adaptname to this specification in the presence of IO ed to be passed. through a hat, said bar being two subscribing witnesses.

bent at its inner end and formin a second T bar adapted to pass again through the hat, SPEB CE JOHNSTONE and having a pointed hook on its outer end. Witnesses:

adapted to engage said loop and hold the two RICHARD H. GosMAN,

bars together. JAs. B. KEEGAN. 

